Midnight Blue
Arbor Ales in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.37
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Full bodied stout with flavours of dark fruit, molasses and roasted malts.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home, 4th March 2021. Pours a black beer, frothy tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, light liquorice, caramel and molasses. Taste is bitter and dry, roasted malts, molasses and bitter cocoa, smooth and solid, no nonsense stout
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2021
at 19:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tight foamy tan head stayed on a still black.body. Malt & tobacco aroma. Medium bodied, tingly with a clean back. Malt, sweet, caramel, chocolate & stone fruit tastes with a lightly hopped finish. Very nice.....
Tried
on 17 Feb 2021
at 20:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to Cloin: Poured a deep black with a thin tan light brown head. Aroma is dark fruits, roasted malt, molasses. Taste is chocolate, rich roasted malts, molasses, burnt, ashy.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2021
at 22:50
7/10
Tried
on 29 Jan 2021
at 21:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 29/01/21. Black with a good sized lasting tan head. Nose is chocolate, roast malts, light spice, toffee, nutty tones. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, light dried fruit esters, mellow roast, pinch of spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent easy drinking stout.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2021
at 20:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A jet black brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy mid tan head. Aroma is mid earthy roast, roasted chesnuts, hint of liquorice and fennel, dried fruits and treacle. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rich roast, treacle pudding, liquorice, mild dried fruits, fruit cake. mild spice. Palate is semi sweet, medium light bodied, moderate carbonation. A well rounded rich roast.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2021
at 18:46
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Black body with a tan head. Faint lacing. Aroma of chocolate and hazelnut. Flavour of roasted malt and rust. Medium body with a creamy texture. Soft fizz. Rich and well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2021
at 23:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from The Made Inn Ashford and drunk at home. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate aroma. chocolate sponge. Smooth mid chocolate flavour. not much bitterness. smooth enough.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2020
at 21:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
568ml can. Pitch black, big tan head. Aroma of roast malts, treacle. Taste is heavy on the roast malts, plenty of bitterness, treacle, dark chocolate, dark fruits, nutty. Medium body and carb, quite creamy, fuller body than expected for the strength. Great classic stout.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 18:01